Lionel trains....

There's a couple on the market that need to be rewired. Does not look that complicated.

 

Rewired!

 

Very Nice!

 

I cant tell you how bada$$ this engine is. Original diecast tender. Was also restored, no bell, light, or whistle, yet.They brought it back out in the 80's, smoke, steam sounds all the good stuff but its just not the same.

 

Im in New York now. Dual Horizontal motors.

 

Thats it for my collection. If you know of any must have pre or post war let me know?

 

Its not the bells or wistles or smoke. Its the "Switching" couplers on each end for moving loads around. Say I want to leave my trout aquarium cars on a diffent track while I get the dozer and excavator yo make trout ponds. So I have these Y switches to branch off then the coupler is on button.

 

This engine is 87 years old.

 

I have 31 powered train engines?

 

Pull'n.

 

"Ives Toys make Happy Boys"

Im in 1923.

 

Anyone have a 3D printer?

 

Ive's "Wide Gauge" 1920's!
Repaired and running!

Not much to it really. It was restored in 97'.This was upgraded to a auto reversing unit, no switch. Unless Ive's invented that too?

 

Im in SoCal.

 

No toilet paper?

 

Made in USA?These pull on an 41 inch standard curve no problems.

 

Actually, you need to extend the couplers an inch with a trash bag tie or something. To clear 41 inch wide curves.
And the 400E pulls them with ease. I think there are like five "state" cars. Ive dreamed of owning these. Got 2 of them for like $125. a car, now I have to figure out how to pay for them.

 

This car is selling for $350.00. I already made money.The font!

 

That part doesn’t look difficult to reproduce and print. Gotta see if we have some green filament around...

 

Someone in 1920 that designed at Ive's was Jamaican?

 

Thats the best $20.00 I will ever spend.

 

Look
Not Lionel

 

Hello! I've been following this thread. A couple weekends ago, wifey stopped at a garage sale with one of her sisters. She picked up this LIONEL train locomotive engine for me, it came with a couple pieces of the track you see here. She said she gave $3.00 for it.

I said dam why didn’t you just grab the whole train set? She claims this is all there was, and that there was nothing else there even remotely related! I’m guessing this thing must be from the 1960s, maybe even 1950s?

Well, it sure wasn’t made in China, or Japan. On the bottom it says quote: “THE LIONEL CORPORATION, N.Y. MADE IN U.S. OF AMERICA”

It’s heavy! Wifey asked the lady if it runs, but the lady told her she didn’t know.

Does anyone know what that little switch / lever does sticking up out of that slot in the top?

The locomotive looks to be patterned after a real locomotive from back in the day- Would anyone know what this design was called / the designation / manufacturer of the real thing?

Only $3.00! I thanked wifey for getting it for me. But I don’t know what I’ll ever do with it. I wonder if it’s worth a lot of money? Maybe that garage sale lady didn’t know what she had? I wonder if the dang thing would run? It seems to be in very good condition for how old it must be.

 

Produced in 1957


https://postwarlionel.com/202-union-pacific/#:~:text=Motive Power-,202 Union Pacific,do you rate this product?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/396022480747#:~:text=This vintage Lionel #202 Union Pacific Alco,from plastic and diecast materials in 1950.

 

What a great start to your collection. The switch allows you to keep it in one direction. Or it cycles through forward and reverse by turning power off. So say you want to run two or three engines together. You can lock the direction so it does not switch.

 

Im taking delivery of a 1923 Ives 3243 engine and three passenger car set. This thing is a BEAST. Only one motor but is a 4/4/4! Its beat up pretty bad, says it works and lights work.

 

Here's the engine!

 

Its here! From Sayville New York!

 

Here's $5,000.00! Start the bidding?JK the cars are like a hondo a piece and the engine is worth like $500.00.

 

The lights have something wraped up. So they run bright no matter the voltage. I cleaned the armeture. Got her going full speed. Did some lubing. Almost make it around a 40 foot track with three cars! I will just need to freshen up some contacts. The cars are all lit too, just need rewiring.